‘Workman’ makes plasma TV disappear at electronica
Readers of a certain vintage may well recall the methods used in the past to steal TVs from places like hotels and hospitals – even TV showrooms. Two 'villains' – TVs were heavy in those days – would turn up wearing brown dustcoats or similar garb, pick up the TV and simply walk out of the building. Nobody would question them because it looked like they were TV repair people and therefore 'doing their job'.
You might have thought those days had passed, but no. Late in the afternoon on the day before electronica opened in Munich a couple of weeks ago, someone in overalls walked on to the stand of a well known semiconductor company. The last stages of build up at any exhibition are akin to organised chaos, so it's no surprise to see all kinds of people walking through your stand. But this particular workman removed a 50in plasma screen from the wall and walked away. Several of the company's staff watched him. And slightly less bother for the 'workman' than jostling with the crowds at a Black Friday sale.